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Welcome nose-whistlers, mouth-breathers, and Cyn, to a shiny new BBF poat. Somewhere, a search engine server has burst into flames. because my search key-words have included Leonard Nimoy, ear hole, and fat tits. Rest assured the crack research team for BBF is still on crack. And never ever use those terms for searching content. Ever.

Today’s music selection is of the smooth variety. Somebody needs to bring a little class to this fucked up party. Don’t tell Wiser, but I think this might be a cover.

Now that you’ve got your groove on allow me to introduce today’s model. From
Merry Olde England, give a warm welcome to Shay Brown. 5′ 5″ and a svelte
120 lbs. her NHS ID number is 34C 25 35.

In penance for its crimes against fashion and humanity, Vibram has placed $3.75 million into escrow. Those funds will go to the fitness idiots who purchased a pair after March 21, 2009, with up to $94 for each *********

Oops, they mean it will mostly go to lawyers. Switching to minimal running can cause problems, but it’s not the fault of the shoes. It’s the fault of the runner who transitioned too fast. And not everyone needs minimal shoes. Before these shoes, I had constant hip/knee pain. It’s mostly a training tool, which works for some.

You might be eligible to get some money back, then. It looks like the claims the company used to sell the shoes don’t hold water

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But their claims were exactly right in my case. I actually had a diagnosed foot problem before, which as disappeared/ not bothered me since. Heel spur in one foot, and a nerve issue in the other. In addition to no hip/ knee pain.

In foreign policy, there is one quick way into the history books: Make a major mistake. Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush can be sure that, no matter what else is said of them, their decisions leading to military intervention and war will be long discussed. The second path — a big success — is less certain. Richard Nixon’s opening to China was quickly seen as historic. But Harry Truman’s many bold decisions — containment, NATO, the Marshall Plan — were not lauded as such at the time.

President Obama has not made a major mistake. He has done a skillful job steering the United States out of the muddy waters he inherited — Iraq, Afghanistan — and resisted plunging the country into another major conflict. But Obama has been less skillful at the constructive aspects of foreign policy, of building up an edifice of achievements. He still has time to fix this….

From the Asia pivot to new trade deals to Russian sanctions, Obama has put forward an agenda that is ambitious and important, but he approaches it cautiously, as if his heart is not in it, seemingly pulled along by events rather than shaping them. Once more, with feeling, Mr. President!

He’s done a stellar job insuring that the lives and money directed at the middle east were almost completely in vain. While the removal of Saddam was a good thing, the long term outlook gives no promise that something better is in their future.

One where we have a SOFA with Iraq, enough troops in Afghanistan with rules of engagement that allow them to actually fight, and where our ambassador to Libya is tapped by President to be sent to Poland and the Ukraine to help cement an alliance as the last stages of a missile-defense shield are completed.

My mom, God rest her soul, and I got into it several times over my conversion. She bragged about reading the entire Bible I forget how many times. Must have been when “Passion of the Christ” came out, we were talking about the differences between the gospels. I said something about during Jesus’ arrest, that one of the disciples ran off naked. She hotly retorted, “That’s not in MY Bible!” I flipped her King James version to Mark chapter 14 and handed it back to her.

And it strikes me as a smart idea. No one wants to arrest the naked guy. And he’s just running off. I’m sure the fellow who did it was as ashamed and sorrowful as the rest of the disciples and insisted that St. Mark include it.

They make shoes for lifting, but I don’t really see the point. I mean, I’d it really going to make me stronger? If real life happens and I need to lift something heavy, am I going to go change my shoes?

The reasoning behind “lifting shoes” is that you don’t want to stand on cushions to lift heavy things because it reduces ankle stability. Some also have a bit of heel rise to help those with poor mobility to get squat depth.

After lifting long enough in the skateboarding shoes I got to the point where I couldn’t stand to walk on pillows anymore for normal stuff, but lots of people love those awful things. I don’t get it.

I don’t eat at chain restaurants if I can avoid it. It’s a thing. I only go for occasions that I can’t ditch, like family stuff about which I have no input or business lunches where my opinion is not sought or is irrelevant. I’ve got a lot of reasons for my thing, but, mostly, I like to keep my money local: I’d rather give my money to the Giacomuzzis up the street than the Red Robin headquarters in Boulder. I don’t know why it’s such a thing with me, but it is.

No, I get it. But barefoot is about the most I’m willing to go. I’m not buying lifting shoes so I can switch my footwear hAlfway through the workout. Crackfatters use some sort of slightly raised heel that is very firm. Supposed to help with your backsquats, yada yada yada . I just use minimal shoes. No cushion.

I couldn’t stand to walk on pillows anymore for normal stuff, but lots of people love those awful things. I don’t get it.

I have a couple of pairs of karate shoes. One I keep at the dojo, and i invariably ditch them within about five minutes of starting a workout no matter how cold the cold floor, so they’re like new. I have another pair I wear around town. I ostensibly keep them at home for workouts here, but I always end up barefoot anyway, and the karate shoes are really comfortable for going to the store and such. The soles are just a really thin piece of rubber covered with canvas on the inside, so there’s no padding. All this is a long way of saying, “I’m with you on the comfort of unpadded shoes.”

I’m with you, I’d prefer minimal shoes to “lifting” shoes. If I could wear barefoot shoes at all I’d use them for lifting. The skateboarding shoes are the best I can really do in that direction with my non-normative toes.

Deputies with the Harris County Precinct One Constable’s Office say a man has been terrorizing a neighborhood in the Woodland Heights area of Houston by going to the bathroom in several yards at night.

I can remember having a little argument with Michael over reportage about JPII’s first homily in the US. The media snagged some comment completely out of context and absent any theological understanding, to create outrage among Christians and he bit it.

At one point I asked him “did you actually read the dang thing?” and to his credit he said he hadn’t, went and read it, came back and said “I agree with it”

That said, expecting classical liberalism or economic conservatism from the Catholic Church is a silly thing to do and I will laugh at you if you do it.

I’m a pretty obedient and devout Catholic, but I’ve got no love for the Jebbies. They have a history of being problematic and contrarians. Intellectualism breeds ego, even in religious orders, it seems.

I just read Francis’ comment. I’ll leave it to my betters to parse his language, but I have no doubt that his statement is entirely consistent with 170 years of papal (and Church) condemnation of socialism. He’s being needlessly provocative, though, by deliberately making pronouncements in terms that can easily be misconstrued. His gamesmanship and shenanigans do not amuse.

Comment by beasn on May 9, 2014 1:23 pm
Feeling much better today.
…fatigue….Headache came on overnight and wouldn’t leave. Made me extremely nauseous with upset stomach, all day yesterday to where I couldn’t leave the sofa.
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Maybe you’re pregnant………..

The state just fined the construction companies about $40,000 for having improper insurance. It’s so typical, the unions are pissed that they didn’t get the work so they get their buddies in the government punish those who did.

I understand planned obsolescence and I am not opposed to it.
But when I buy a new piece of electronics on Monday , can I expect it to soldier on till the weekend? Or should I buy a new HDTV next week?

But when I buy a new piece of electronics on Monday , can I expect it to soldier on till the weekend? Or should I buy a new HDTV next week?

Don’t wait till next week – that’s why they have the sales on the weekend!

There are very few manufacturers who I believe truly “build things to last” anymore. I have bought a number of things (like a leaf blower, for example) that failed in the first or second use, and when I brought it back, the service guy told me to just go get another new one – that it wasn’t worth the time to repair it.

I just encountered this same thing with the Axeman’s laptop, under warranty – they said send it in and we’ll give you a credit. Basically, the thing just needed a new plastic piece to it, but nope. Didn’t even want to repair it.

Driveby comment: People keep wishing me a Happy Mother’s Day. I just smile and say TY. I don’t understand people that get all bent about people with good intentions. I bet I could come up with a pretty good feminist rant. Back to work

Oh!, so you people are starting new traditions and breaking the old ones established by the venerable and venereal Rosetta, then?

Look, this is a human institution, established by mere men and women. Our traditions change with the times. We stopped fucking hoses ages ago. Rosetta is welcome to return and correct us at any time, but he’s a fat man-lesbian slacker with a fart-making dog too busy raising Dave’s bastard child.

I used to just go with the pronoun of the “dress”. Dressed like a dude=he. dressed like a chick=she. Two lipsticks or two lumberjacks kind of confuse me. IMPL the Lezbarus are more militant than the gheys.

Best thing about having duck feet, is shopping in the boys dept for shoes. I have really cool Vans. And velcro shoes. And shoes with lighted heels. What I don’t have, are cute sandals for capris or skirts.

Com.ment by scott on May 9, 2014 5:03 pm
What the fuck?
If you email someone and ask them 2 questions, 99.9999999999999% of the time they will only answer 1 question.
DRIVES ME NUTS!
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You should try selling knives on the interwebs. You list all the info, then people e-mail and ask you “How much does it weigh?” despite the fact that you specifically said how much it weighed. All the goddam time. Include 5 pics, well they want one from a different angle, or on a different background. It goes on and on.

So, I’ve got a few button-down shirts that are no longer suitable for weekday use – collars fray, etc. They make great Saturday shirts, though (I love oxfords). However, I CANNOT wear an un-ironed button-down, even if it’s for weekend wear, even if the collar is frayed or it has some other defect. Question: Is this is a neurosis?

Jazz, I wear a collared shirt most days. The only ironing I do is to get them on hangers soon after coming out of the dryer. Wearing a freshly pressed shirt and tie around here means you’re not from around here.

The only ironing I do is to get them on hangers soon after coming out of the dryer. Wearing a freshly pressed shirt and tie around here means you’re not from around here.

Coat and tie are court uniform – a must. Unironed = slovenly buffoon in that context, IME. I don’t wanna be that guy, and the fastidiousness carries over. Besides, ironing gives the (minor) impression that I care about my appearance. I guess I’m vain like that a little.

Nah. You’re used to professional attire like me (suit and tie every day except Friday, and from Memorial Day to Labor Day we ditch the jackets and ties). Even if I go to the c-store for gasoline I can’t make myself look like a slob.

Anybody thinks this is too much should look at pictures of men in the 40s and 50s at baseball games.

My sister Emily’s psychologist and psychiatrist had her involuntarily committed on Thursday. She’s locked up in a psych ward in Chicago – evidently, she made some reference about refilling her scrips “just in case” and set off everyone’s alarms. So, she’s parked there for at least the next week, pissed as hell at her treating team.

I have a minimum standard of attire when I’m at work and around town. I’m guaranteed to see one or more of my patient’s parents when I’m out shopping or hanging out at the coffee shop. Probably more see me and I don’t even realize it.